Covering Kids & Families (CKF) was a national initiative that worked to increase the number of uninsured children and pregnant women who receive health care coverage. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides funding for CKF with direction provided from the Southern Institute on Children and Families.

Covering Kids & Families focused on reaching Medicaid-eligible children and families who are either uninsured or underinsured through simplifying the enrollment and renewal process, conducting outreach initiatives and coordinating with state and community agencies and organizations.

Working Together
Covering Kids & Families has led the charge in Oklahoma to make reducing the number of children who are uninsured a top priority. Through a massive statewide effort including both public and private partners, over 350,000 children are currently enrolled into SoonerCare and Medicaid. Oklahoma has removed the asset test, simplified the application, developed an on-line application, moved from income verification to income declaration, eliminated face-to-face interviews, and clients are able to mail in an application with no need to go to a county office, all in an effort to remove barriers to the enrollment process.